TalkinGolf

Episode 50: TGH 50: Saint Andrew's Golf Club

October 14th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 32 mins

golf history, jack nicklaus, john reid, st andrew's, usga

Saint Andrew's Golf Club in New York is known as the club of many firsts - it is the seed that grew golf across the United States. We dive into the history of one of the five founding clubs of the USGA and how a three hole course in a cow pasture helped start a golf craze that spread across the United States.

Episode 47: TGH 47: The Old Man - Walter Travis

September 11th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 17 mins

garden city, golf, golf history, us amateur, usga, walter travis

Walter Travis lived the life that so many of us dream of - picking up the game just under the age of 35 and winning 4 major championships he became not only America's hero, but Austrialia's first major champion!

Walter Travis only gave golf 30 years of his life, but his contributions can be felt by everyone who has ever picked up a golf club. He was called the Old Man, but in reality he was Golf's Renaissance Man.

Episode 45: TGH 45: History of Olympia Fields (Part 2)

August 26th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 9 mins

bobby jones, golf history, golf majors, olympia fields, us open, usga, walter hagen

TalkinGolf History is proud to release Part 2 of the History of Olympia Fields Country Club, with special guests Bob Topel and Andy Staples. In this episode we discuss how the major championships forged the lore of the Home of Champions...Olympia Fields and then dive into how a masterplan for a restoration can help celebrate this historic club's legacy.

A great conversation and a couple of laughs follow. As always...enjoy!

Episode 43: TGH 43: USGA's Schickler Photography Acquisition

August 18th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 3 mins

golf photo, golf photographs, howard schickler, usga, usga museum

On this episode of the TalkinGolf History Podcast we dive into one of the most important visual acquisitions in USGA Museum's History. Over the past several decades Howard Schickler has amassed one of the most comprehensive collections of early golf photography starting from the earliest days of photography and running through the period that preceded World War I.

Our two guests today Howard Schickler, the curator of this collection and Hilary Cronheim, the Senior Director of the USGA Golf Museum discuss the collection and its ability to help tell golf's great history.

Episode 41: TG History 41: The Fisherman, Roofer & the Tin Cup

July 16th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 28 mins

ben hogan, jack fleck, the open, us open, usga

Episode 41 is a special edition to the TalkinGolf History Podcast as it introduces our listeners to one of my favorite sport's history podcasts, "Sports Forgotten Heroes" with its brilliant host Warren Rogan.

This is a must listen episode as Warren and I talk about three of the greatest underdog champions to ever win a major finishing with some great stories behind Jack Fleck's improbable victory over Ben Hogan in the 1955 US Open. I promise this will be one of the best podcasts you listen to this year...the Fisherman, the Roofer and the Tin Cup.

Episode 40: TGH 40: Restoration with Ron Forse

June 9th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 1 min

golf, golf course, golf course architecture, ron forse, us open, usga

The second season of the TalkinGolf History Podcast is focused on the History of the Great Golf Course Architects. In that same theme our guest today has been responsible for restoring the work of some of our greatest golf course architects. Our guest, Ron Forse of Forse Golf Design dives into the special sauce behind historic golf course restorations.